Examples of HAUNT. 1  Some people believe that the ghost of an old sea captain haunts the beach. 2  If you ignore the problem, it will come back to haunt you. 3  Their failure to plan ahead is now coming back to haunt them.4  The tune haunted me all day.xamples of HAUNT. 1  Some people believe that the ghost of an old sea captain haunts the beach. 2  If you ignore the problem, it will come back to haunt you. 3  Their failure to plan ahead is now coming back to haunt them.
Noun. 1. DSL-a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds. digital subscriber line. phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line, line-a telephone connection.
Stands for Digital Subscriber Line.. It is a medium for transferring data over regular phone lines and can be used to connect to the Internet. However, like a cable modem, a DSL circuit is much faster than a regular phone connection, even though the wires it uses are copper like a typical phone line. An asymmetric DSL (ADSL) connection allows download speeds of up to about 1.5 megabits (not megabytes) per second, and upload speeds of 128 kilobits per second.